As some of you may know, I needed surgery to repair the torn labrum in both of my hips, as well as an avulsion fracture, following my bout with Ryan Couture in Strikeforce this past March.

Unfortunately, Zuffa's Insurance company has denied the claim so I am being forced to pay out of pocket to cover the surgeries.

Luckily, the guys at Fund-A-Fighter have stepped up to help me be creating a campaign to help me raise the money.

All of my friends in the MMA community have really stepped up to offer some amazing prizes and incentives for those who contribute.

If you can't contribute, help me out by spreading the word, bumping this thread, and sharing this link for me on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Thanks guys

http://fundafighter.com/fighters/conor-heun/

What's your twitter handle and were can you donate ( your not very good at this rising money shit;) I'll donate and put something on eBay for you as that suck. Makes me glad with have free health care in the UK, sorry not rubbing it in. Message me the details of what happen to you as much as you can and I'll do a blog about it (I don't know if you know but I do a blog, I don't talk about it muh;) let me know and I'll try and get it out their pal. I'll leave it in your hands to contact me. Get well soon.

Conor is one of my best friends and is an awesome person. Gonna do a show for him soon to raise some funds. We coached Middle School wrestling together. The guy has as big of a heart as anyone I ever met.

thedirtyburger -
Donate if you can. And if you can donate, maybe not bash those who can't? Lucky for you to be able to spend $20 on a fighter who needs it. But don't bust a guys balls because he can't. I make $1400 a month and have a kid. I wish I could help this guy by pitching anything I could but unfortunately I have a fatherly obligation to feed my child. Good luck with your bills! If I had a green name and made a post because I was broke asking for money (for a worthy cause) I wouldn't want any flak on my thread

exactly. i never discouraged anyone to donate i just offered up other avenues to pursue. not sure why u sandy vaginas are angry.

the 2k he raised is great but its not nearly enough to make a dent in the 40k owed...if his doc did something wrong, however, and he has a claim, then he could have an actual windfall...

Your advice, however spot on in your own opinion it may be, is hardly what the threads intentions are. This man is asking for compassion. You, as a legal professional w a seemingly cynical and self centered view of the world, see no need for compassion, just proffering unsolicited advice and belittling those who choose to help by calling them " basement dwellers" I highly advise you to reflect on how these character defects were cultivated in a supposedly cultured and educated individual. I guess class and empathy weren't on the bar exam.

Lol. I have some level of empathy for conor but to be honest it isn't at the highest level for me nor should it be. There a ton of people that are seriously down on their luck or abused in this world. Conor is a big boy and chose his profession and his course of action. Again I'm not discouraging anyone else to contribute but to question my character or say im self centered because I'm not going to contribute is ridiculous. I didny even say anything negative. Go white knight elsewhere fanboi.

the 2k he raised is great but its not nearly enough to make a dent in the 40k owed...if his doc did something wrong, however, and he has a claim, then he could have an actual windfall...

Your advice, however spot on in your own opinion it may be, is hardly what the threads intentions are. This man is asking for compassion. You, as a legal professional w a seemingly cynical and self centered view of the world, see no need for compassion, just proffering unsolicited advice and belittling those who choose to help by calling them " basement dwellers" I highly advise you to reflect on how these character defects were cultivated in a supposedly cultured and educated individual. I guess class and empathy weren't on the bar exam.

Lol. I have some level of empathy for conor but to be honest it isn't at the highest level for me nor should it be. There a ton of people that are seriously down on their luck or abused in this world. Conor is a big boy and chose his profession and his course of action. Again I'm not discouraging anyone else to contribute but to question my character or say im self centered because I'm not going to contribute is ridiculous. I didny even say anything negative. Go white knight elsewhere fanboi.

Lol @ you bro. Because I choose to be supportive of a person I'm fanboy? You are a sad person and the material world accomplishments won't cover up your deep character deficits IMO

no..u r a fanboi due to the fervor you express at attacking me when i didnt say or do anything negative to conor and infact gave him advice which i would give toa client

the 2k he raised is great but its not nearly enough to make a dent in the 40k owed...if his doc did something wrong, however, and he has a claim, then he could have an actual windfall...

Your advice, however spot on in your own opinion it may be, is hardly what the threads intentions are. This man is asking for compassion. You, as a legal professional w a seemingly cynical and self centered view of the world, see no need for compassion, just proffering unsolicited advice and belittling those who choose to help by calling them " basement dwellers" I highly advise you to reflect on how these character defects were cultivated in a supposedly cultured and educated individual. I guess class and empathy weren't on the bar exam.

Lol. I have some level of empathy for conor but to be honest it isn't at the highest level for me nor should it be. There a ton of people that are seriously down on their luck or abused in this world. Conor is a big boy and chose his profession and his course of action. Again I'm not discouraging anyone else to contribute but to question my character or say im self centered because I'm not going to contribute is ridiculous. I didny even say anything negative. Go white knight elsewhere fanboi.

Lol @ you bro. Because I choose to be supportive of a person I'm fanboy? You are a sad person and the material world accomplishments won't cover up your deep character deficits IMO

no..u r a fanboi due to the fervor you express at attacking me when i didnt say or do anything negative to conor and infact gave him advice which i would give toa client

The way this has been written is that the full claim was being denied.

Please clarify.

Cliff's Notes:

The claim was completely denied by the insurance carrier.

Zuffa stepped up and paid for the surgeries deemed necessary to repair the injuries sustained in the fight.

Conor's surgeon predicted that a similar injury would reoccur if he didn't do a third preventative surgery while he was removing the screws from the second surgery. Because they didn't authorize the last procedure, and because it was to remedy a genetic hip abnormality that predisposed him to such an injury, Zuffa isn't paying for it. Conor's surgeon felt bad and forwent his fee, leaving approximately $40,000 in hospital costs (including nurses and anesthesia).

Conor Heun - The surgeon looked at the two torn labrum and on one side he said that I had a mild case of congenital hip dysplasia.

He said that if he just repaired the labrum, that I would be at risk of re-tearing it so he performed a PAO or Periacetabular Osteotomy.

This was to prevent the injury from happening again.

The insurance denied that claim based on this being a pre-existing condition not related to the fight.

The reality is that the injury (torn labrum) was related to the fight and the doctor just wanted to make sure that once it was healed, that it didn't happen again.

However due to stipulations in the Zuffa Insurance they are denying the claim because the PAO wasn't to repair an injury, but was to prevent re-injury after the initial repair.

This makes it sound like only the third procedure was denied--not all 3.

The original title of thread was something like UFC denied my surgery. Obviously misleading, and title was changed which I thought was impossible.

Anyway, I have a family to take care of so I will be passing on a contribution. Personally, I think it was a bad investment to correct the pre existing condition. He is not going to make that back fighting. I am tired of people in this country making poor and silly decision and expect someone else (me) to pay for them.

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